Second National Telecommunications Operator, Globacom, has launched the fourth generation mobile technology, 4G-LTE network, in Nigeria.

Long Term Evolution LTE is a revolutionary mobile technology which enhances the data transfer rates delivering faster mobile broadband experience and highest data speeds and reliability.

LTE is an advancement in technology to the 3.5G and High Speed Packet Access, HSPA. It provides ubiquitous services for users on the GSM technology curve and also  others on CDMA and WiMAX platforms and is touted to offer the path breaking 4G experience for consumers.

This is due to its ability to deliver very fast data speeds in excess of 100Mb/s uplink and 50Mb/s downlink.

Group Chief Operating Officer of Globacom, Mr. Mohamed Jameel who unveiled the technology to  newsmen in Lagos, at the Mike Adenuga Towers, headquarters of Globacom on Victoria Island, Lagos, said though people could already browse the Internet or send e-mails using HSPA-enabled systems or send and receive video, music using G-phones, the experience with LTE will be even better.

He added that the technology would  further enhance more demanding applications like interactive TV, mobile video blogging, advanced games or professional services, enabling more Nigerians to be on top of their game and thereby ruling their world”, he added.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/01/glo-launches-4g-lte-network/ <<added by Seun>>

Until then

Am yet to enjoy their 3G service in my area and here they are preaching 4G. . .Hope this is not one of their talk. . talk. . and talk. . with no action.

This Glo is not a serious company, their so called 3.5G is very unstable yet they are rolling out 4G-LTE.

Glo is just being economical with the truth - their services are one of the worst in the industry.

we still dey buy modem for 3g, now dem talk 4g, how do we upgrade modem to 4g?

9ice one, dats good development.

As i just dey enter 3.5g they don dey talk of 4g. I'll just wait for emptyhen

I bet my eMTieN 3g 'll be faster. They shud 've ensured a very strong & reliabl 3.5g b4 the so called upgrading. Wonder if they ever listened to customers/subscribers' complaints

we have heard, next one wey we go hear na 7.5 g, oloshi

this is just crap, they should perfect their 3G service before moving on to 4G,

Well Glo r just rushing for no reason, they have not fully deploy 3G and they are talking 4g, this is just PR, 50MB Download that is such a lieeeee, you can not get 50MB just like that except they intend to run fibre optics into every Local govt in the country or even every house,

oounkpe

mstchew
i created dis topic dis mourning and the useless mod banned me.

pstcheew

iseg007:

Well Glo r just rushing for no reason, they have not fully deploy 3G and they are talking 4g, this is just PR, 50MB Download that is such a lieeeee, you can not get 50MB just like that except they intend to run fibre optics into every Local govt in the country or even every house,

my friend in lag said he is getting up to 42mb with his iphone 4 so stop saying its a lie

We still dey use EDGE here - or its Lagos and Abuja the only state in Nigeria.
Make them cover the other part of Nigeria with 3G first before there preceed to 4G

leave mtn alone na

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mstchew
i created dis topic dis mourning and the useless mod banned me.

Nairaland like Naija itself get senior members or lets say senior citizens

Nairaland like Naija itself get senior members or lets say senior citizens Na everywhere 4 naija special candidates dey. Internet is no exception. I can't count the number of times I got banned too.

zenus:

We still dey use EDGE here - or its Lagos and Abuja the only state in Nigeria.
Make them cover the other part of Nigeria with 3G first before there preceed to 4G

Olodo they will cover the places they are sure of making money and places with most customers.

Glo should stop misleading people.
4G does NOT exist.

www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/backgrounders/itu-r/index.aspx

www.mobilebusinessbriefing.com/article/-4g-technologies-do-not-officially-exist-yet

www.mobilitynigeria.com/2010/12/07/wimax-or-lte-are-not-4g-says-itu/

3G
3.5 G
4 G
Fiber Optic etc
no diff in their service, i think all the stuffs only exist on papers

Instead of them to focus their resources on spreading the Glo broad access around nigeria and environs, they have started another project. How many people have 4G enabled devices in nigeria?

Big time rubbish still having poor 3G coverage in Lagos not to talk of other states. They should perfect their 3G coverage area before moving ahead or may be i guess only People at Island & Some places at ikeja only benefit to this services .

Glo is one of the most useless networks in naija, if not the worst. 4rm there poor quality recharge cards to poor services. Imagine as interior as my villa is, i still get MTN 3g network, they've virtually covered almost d whole of naija. But Glo, u wld hardly get Edge let alone 3g. I stay in PH & dont think i've ever seen glo 3g on ma phone. All they know is just to brag, '1st to do this, 1st to do that' dats all we hear!!

till then.

may you live glo alone

stories

rotten liars!!
they probably tested an LTE network like most operators around the world are doing,now they call it launch.
But there is a lot of exaggerated talk and misunderstanding.
“For example, some people are talking about 4G providing
mobile data speeds that you can’t even get now using a
landline connection. There is also a mistaken belief that
mobile operators will walk into work one day, switch off their
3G network and switch on 4G. If this were true, what would
happen to consumers with 3G phones? You would wake up one
day and have no mobile service,” Munn says.
The reality is that the fastest mobile network in the world
right now — Telstra’s Next G network in Australia — is based
on 3G HSPA+ technology. This is the same technology used by
MTN and Cell C in South Africa and MTN Nigeria for their high-speed
3G services.
Mobile operators in various regions of Africa will look to
implement 4G networks sometime in the future, Munn says.
“While they’re making these plans, though, they’ll continue to
use and upgrade their existing networks, making them faster
and faster using the latest 3G technologies. This is good for
consumers because it means they don’t need to wait for 4G to
begin enjoying high-speed mobile services.”